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Bill	ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE MODELS	Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. In provisions regarding demonstration program requirements, requires there to be 6 (rather than 4) birth center alternative health care models in the demonstration program located in the area comprising Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, 2 (rather than one) of which shall be owned or operated by a federally qualified health center. Provides that one birth center alternative health care model in the demonstration program shall be located within Planning Area A-3 to address the disparate perinatal and child health outcomes in Planning Area A-3. Provides that birth centers located in Planning Area A-3 or operated by a federally qualified health center are exempt from the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act or successor Acts. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 738	Illinois HB 738 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Mary E. Flowers Patricia Van Pelt	5	57	2	2021-02-08	2021-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/95fe01f1-a1c0-4b25-822d-167f8bf58b9e	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=738&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129276&SessionID=110&GA=102	e5454e81d958d0e6c3a4215b5feccc722ea7081720d552fb3db16f03aef12461	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 738 (102nd) — ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE MODELS

Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. In provisions regarding demonstration program requirements, requires there to be 6 (rather than 4) birth center alternative health care models in the demonstration program located in the area comprising Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, 2 (rather than one) of which shall be owned or operated by a federally qualified health center. Provides that one birth center alternative health care model in the demonstration program shall be located within Planning Area A-3 to address the disparate perinatal and child health outcomes in Planning Area A-3. Provides that birth centers located in Planning Area A-3 or operated by a federally qualified health center are exempt from the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act or successor Acts. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)
• Patricia Van Pelt — primary (person)
• Amy Grant — cosponsor (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
• Cyril Nichols — cosponsor (person)
• Deb Conroy — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
• LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
• Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
• Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret Croke — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Luft — cosponsor (person)
• Martin McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
• Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Demmer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel filing
• 2021-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-01 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2021-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2021-03-02 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 Re-assigned to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2021-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
• 2021-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
• 2021-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2021-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
• 2021-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
• 2021-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
• 2021-04-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-04-21 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
• 2021-04-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lakesia Collins
• 2021-04-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols
• 2021-04-22 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-04-22 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-04-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant
• 2021-04-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Luft
• 2021-04-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin
• 2021-04-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2021-04-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2021-04-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2021-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 27, 2021 reading-1
• 2021-04-28 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2021-04-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2021-05-03 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
• 2021-05-03 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2021-05-04 Assigned to Health referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Do Pass Health; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2021
• 2021-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
• 2021-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
• 2021-05-27 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-08-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-08-20 Effective Date August 20, 2021
• 2021-08-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0414 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95fe01f1-a1c0-4b25-822d-167f8bf58b9e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).